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No. 323,816. Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

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NITED STATES ATENT 'FFICE.

JOHN J. LAMB AND J UDSON A. LAMB, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

DEVICE FOR PUMPING OR ELEVATING WATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 323,816, dated August 4, 1885.

7 Application filed November 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN J. LAMB and Jonson A. LAMB, citizens of the United States, residing at WVaterloo, in the county of Black Hawk and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Pumping or Elevating WVater, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of our improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is atop plan view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 00 w of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the pistons and its attachments.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Our invention, as before stated, relates to a device for raising water; and it consists in a device which is adapted to be sunken in a stream, and provided with an undershot Wheel and aseries of levers, whereby the force of the current acting upon the wheel imparts motion to the levers, which in turn operate pistons and elevate the water to a considerable distance; and our invention further consists in the peculiar arrangement, construction, and combination of devices, all of which we will hereinafter fully describe, and specifically point out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will now proceed to describe the exact manner in which we have carried it out.

In the said drawings, Arepresents the body or frame of our improved apparatus, which may be constructed of either iron or wood. This frame is formed with the longitudinal beams a and. transverse beams b, and it has a closed top and sides, as shown at c and (I, respectively, while suitable supports or posts, e,assist in strenghtening the frame. This frame is submerged in the stream, and it has that end of the apparatus which points up the stream flaring, as shown at B, so as to more effectually guide the water in its passage through the apparatus.

Immediately behind the flaring end of the frame is mounted an undershot wheel, 0, of

a construction similar to that shown in crosssection in Fig. 3. This wheel consists, essentially, of the end disks, D, and the transverse angular-shaped bars E, arranged so as to brace the pivoted blades F of the wheel while they are being acted upon by the water. While these bars E project outwardly a sufficient distance to brace the blades F, they do not interfere in. any way with the wheel, as the blades have their rear ends made considerably 6o thicker than the front ends, so that when the blades are folded the wheel presents approximately a regular outer periphery.

To insure additional strength and security to the blades in resisting the force of the water, we place upon each of the disks D a number of lugs or stops, 9, against which the lower edges of the blades abut when thrown outward by the force of the water.

The wheel, when constructed as above described, is mounted upon a shaft, G, which passes through the sides of the frame, and it has a bearing in suitable boxes, h.

It will be seen upon an examination of the drawings that the shaft G is of peculiar construction, and is formed with cranks, (represented by the letters 7c and Z Z,) and no two of these cranks are set at the same angle. The object of such construction will be hereinafter developed.

Suitably journaled upon each of the cranks are the lower ends of the connecting-rods H and Ltheir upper ends being attached,through the medium of a flexible connection, t, to the long arms of the levers J and K, which .pass through slotted guide-pieces L attached to the frame. These levers J and K are fulcrumed in the slotted ends of blocks M, suitably pivoted at m between the small beams a, forming a part of the frame, and these blocks M, by having a slight movement, enable the pistonrods N and O to have a line movement,which would not be the case if the levers J and K were pivoted directly to the beams 02, as then the inner ends of said levers, to which the piston-rods are attached, would move in the arc of a circle, and possibly strain or twist the piston-rods. The piston-rods N and 0 pass through suitable guides in the posts p, and have formed on their outer ends hollow pis- I00 tons 1?, provided with valves q, which open when the pistons are drawn forward and close again on the return movement of said pistons.

Mounted upon the frame at its lower end is a water chest, Q, provided with a series of perforations equal to the number of pistons, and about equal to their diameter, although larger than the diameter of the piston-rods, so as to enable the water to flow through these openings into the chest. By this construction, and the mounting of the connecting-rods H and I as described, it will be seen that, as neither of the rods H and I move at the same time, of course the pistons will not move in unison, but will move at varying intervals, and by so doing each of the pistons receives the full stroke of the wheel, and will therefore greatly assist in forcing the water through openings or valves V in the chest, and thence through a pipe, X, or other suitable means connected with this openin The opening just referred to may be provided with or without a valve, as described.

Beneath the chest is formed a sluiceway, XV, through which the surplus water passes downstream.

In order to regulate or control the passage of water through the apparatus, we construct in the forward part of the frame, just in front of the wheel,a curved sliding gate, R, with its ends working in semicircular grooves in the sides of the frame. To this gate is connected a curved rod, S, extending upwardly through a slot, 1), in the top of the frame, and connected to a lever, T, suitably fulcrumed in a projecting lug, U, upon the frame. By this arrangement the flow of water through the apparatus is regulated, or it may be entirely out off, at the will of the operator.

To guard against unnecessary friction, the levers J and K are made flat, or with sharp edges, and, if desired, a wire screen may be placed over the mouth of the frame to prevent any moss, leaves, or other foreign substance passing through the apparatus and impede the operation of the levers.

e are thus enabled by the foregoing description to construct a simple and cheap apparatus, and one that will be of great value in conveying water from streams, and raising it so as to be used for household or other purposes.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for raising water, the frame A, a water-wheel, O, and a shaft having a double series of cranks upon each side of the frame, in combination with a double series of horizontally-reciprocating rods, II and I, and suitable levers, J and K, of different lengths, engaging the rods and operating the pistons, substantially as herein described.

2. The frame, the undershot wheel, and the shaft having two or more cranks upon each side and exterior to the sides of the frame, in combination with a double series of alternately operating and horizontally-arrangcd levers and pistons having movable fulcrums, a water-chest divided into compartments for the pistons, and a gate or cut-off for regulating the flow of water through the frame, substantially as herein described.

The frame A,having a flaring end, and a water-chest divided into compartments for the pistons, in combination with said pistons, having the valves q, the piston-rods N and O, the levers J and K, having fulcrums in movable blocks M, and the crank-shaft G- for opcrating the pistons, substantially as set forth.

4. In an apparatus for raising water, the frame A, wheel 0, and crank-shaft G, in combination with the connecting-bars II and I, the levers J and K, and the movable blocks M, substantially as herein described.

5. The water chest Q, having a series of compartments or chambers in which the pistons work, and having a dischargepipe, X, a series of valves, V, and a sluiceway, \V, in

combination with the piston, and means for operating the same, substantially as described.

6. In an apparatus for raising water, the frame A, crank shaft G, levers J and K, rods N and O, and pistons P, in combination with the water-chest Q, and a sluieeway for the escape of surplus water, substantially as herein described.

JOHN J. LAMB. JUDSON A. LAMB.

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